Making Web Activities

Choose a topic with your partner & make internet activities

Examples: Food Roller Coasters Soccer Golf

GOALS

-Learn how to find activities on the web to develop your English in the future

-Continue learning English about topics you like

With a partner, develop web activities for a topic (put it on one blog post). The last class, other students will try your activities.

1. Choose a topic (food, drinking, fashion, amusement parks, fireworks, hot springs, sports, weather, photography, relationships, etc.)

2. Start finding activities

a. Vocabulary: A vocab list

-Find a site which gives a good word list for your topic.

OR

-Find an image which shows some vocab & put it on your site

OR

-Search web sites on your topic and make your own list

of useful words (& their definition).

Note: Make sure the words are not too easy or technical

b. Reading

i. Find an interesting article that students can read about the topic.

You will link to it.

ii. Write instructions about what you want students to do when reading.

(Find the main points or answer some questions....).

c. Listening

i. Search Google Video, You Tube, or ELLLO and find an interesting, useful video.

ii. Make some questions

iii. Embed the video in your post if you can (You Tube videos)

d. Writing (Publishing Project - Optional)

i. Try to find a site or forum where students can write about the topic.

Design points:

1. Use color (in general, use just 2 colors that are easy to read & match - not like this), bold print, or size to make your vocab list more clear

2. Link key words instead of pasting the link

Good: Elllo Football Article

Not Good: http://elllo.org/english/0400/440-FootballFactories.htm

3. Embed video

4. For question answers, try hiding the answer using the background color for the text

How do you do it? Highlight>>> like this

Extra points:

- Make quia activities: like this (click 30 day free trial)

- Add a tagged photo

Grading:

Did you find fun,useful activities?
Did you do all the parts?
(vocab, reading & listening + questions, writing --- optional)
Did you have a good design (embed video, few errors, colors, etc.)?

Please tell me the link to your activities by next TUESDAY at 10AM.

Click "comment" button below and tell me your topic, URL, and your name(s).